 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says. solutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rest, consumes fester than labour wears, while the used key is... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 312 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...something may be done for us ; ' God helps them that helps themselves', as poor Richard says in his Almanac. " It would be thought a hard government that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot case or deliv«r us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice and something... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners can not ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something... | |
 | Advice - 1848 - 72 страница
...mankind almost uniformly verifies. It is a habit that is as destructive to health as it is to industry. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth of their time, to be employed in its service — but idleness taxes many of us much more,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. 26. The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter, and... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 страница
...philosopher, is too well known, and would require too much space, to be noticed here. THE WAY TO WEALTH. IT would be thought a hard government, that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes us much more — sloth,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says. " 1. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time,... | |
 | 1853 - 446 страница
...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. "1. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time to... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 страница
...others, and I much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice аз much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...hearken to good advice, and something may be done for Ha : ' God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac. '< It would be thought... | |
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The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharg-e them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. — We are taxed twice as much by our idleness,... 
